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August 17 - 23, 2008

News from August 23, 2008

• McLane Advanced acquires RFID Systems
  Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  McLane Advanced Technologies LLC (MAT), a private company headquartered in Temple, acquired RFID Systems Inc, a logistics and distribution software ...
• iDTRONIC, a leading supplier of RFID hardware solutions, announced ...
  BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick, MA, USA
  Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, August 14, 2008 -- The new Compact Flash UHF Reader/Writer from iDTRONIC supports the full UHF frequency band from 860 – 960 ...
• RFID + Olympic Ceremonies= Oppressively long lines and One ...
  Wired News - USA
  By Jose Fermoso August 22, 2008 | 4:26:53 PMCategories: Security, Sports Despite cruelly long lines caused by tough security measures (and RFID-enabled ...
• RFID-facial recognition combination offered in Canada
  ThirdFactor - Tallahassee, FL, UK
  Canadian consulting firm RFID ProSolutions has teamed with Chicago-based RFID manufacturer RFID Solutions to create a multi-platform authentication program ...
• Mexican firm offers RFID implants for kidnapping prevention
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Security firm Xega is offering RFID implants to help locate kidnap victims, and business is apparently booming. Xega's system centers on an RFID implant ...
• SkyeTek Offers Web-based RFID Software Platform
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  SkyeTek, which provides RFID interrogator modules for manufacturers of medical, consumer and industrial goods, has developed the software solution at the ...
• Motorola Fixed RFID Reader Antennas
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Motorola RFID Antennas provide superior read zones for precise and uninterrupted tag-fixed reader communications. And their flexible mounting options (via ...
• Revisiting RFID — Again
  IT Business Edge - Louisville, KY, USA
  In writing about Gartner's latest HypeCycle report last week, I noted somewhat snarkily that RFID had been "mired in the Trough of Disillusionment for an ...
• RFID gives in-store marketing the personal touch
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  According to a story in today's Wall Street Journal, Proctor & Gamble is testing an RFID-based system that gives its in-store marketing efforts a personal ...
• McLane Advanced Technologies buys RFID Systems Inc.
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Texas-based McLane Advanced Technologies LLC (MAT) has announced its purchase of another Texas firm, the software company RFID Systems Inc. MAT, ...

News from August 22, 2008

• First Biometric Facial Recognition Security System Using RFID ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  RFID ProSolutions, Canadian leaders in RFID technology consulting and engineering, and American RFID Solutions, an industry-recognized leading manufacturer ...
• McKenna Long & Aldridge's RFID Blog Places Second In ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP's (MLA) RFID Blog, (www.rfidlawblog.com) was awarded second place in the IT Law and Governance category of ComputerWeekly.com's ...
• RFID-facial recognition combo comes to Canada
  ITWorld Canada - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  Canada's RFID ProSolutions is joining forces with American RFID Solutions to roll out a multi-factor authentication product aimed at users in aerospace, ...
• Bay State hackers find security holes in difibrilators, RFID
  Mass High Tech - MA, USA
  By Brendan Lynch Hackers getting a free T pass may be the least of our worries — local hackers-turned-security experts suggest RFID keycards, ...
• ADT Expects RFID Will Reduce False Alarms for Home Security
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  21, 2008—In order to cut down on false alarms, ADT's Security Services unit is now offering a residential security solution that leverages proximity RFID to ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Rfidium, a Sunnyvale, Calif., a producer of custom and specialty RFID inlays and antennas, announced a new RFID tag designed specifically for box and pallet ...
• McLane Advanced buys RFID Systems
  Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
  Terms of the deal were not disclosed but McLane Advanced says it is moving RFID Systems' operations to its Temple headquarters. The purchase was completed ...
• Jones Apparel Group in Item-Level RFID Test
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  "RFID has interested us for some time, and we believe it has reached the point where launching a pilot program of this nature makes sense," said Norm Veit, ...
• RFID: A CRM Secret Weapon
  Inside CRM - San Francisco, CA, USA
  By Cindy Waxer on August 21, 2008 If you think that RFID (radio-frequency identification) is just an excuse for techies to toss about another acronym, ...
• AppLocation Rolls Out Yard Management for Cable Reels with RFID
  PR-CANADA.net (press release) - Murino, Montenegro
  AppLocation Systems, Inc. announced that it has recently been awarded a contract to deploy active RFID and MOBILEFusion™ to track cable reels for a utility ...

News from August 21, 2008

• 125KHz RFID Key Fob,RFID Key Ring and RFID Key Tags
  PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien, Austria
  2008-08-21 09:07:18 - DAILY RFID CO.,LIMITED is the professional provider of 125KHz(Low Frequency) RFID Key Tags,RFID Key Fobs,RFID Key Rings with the chip ...
• Flexy RFID tags can survive both temperature extremes
  TechRadar.com - London, UK
  We all know that humans will soon be just as trackable as pet dogs with subcutaneous RFID microchips, but the current generation of tags are a little ...
• Secured Digital Wins $1.76 Million Contract to Install RFID ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  EWMS integrates bar code, RFID and WiFi data collection to track inventory and assets in the customer's 700000 sq. ft. warehouse complex. ...
• RFID--A Key to Automating Everything
  Scientific American - USA
  Today systems based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology are helping to move Weiser's vision closer to reality. These systems consist of tags ...
• New RFID system helps safeguard data tapes
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Imation has announced its new 'DataGuard RF Tape Tracking System' to help provide the range, reliability and accuracy of RFID technology for data tape ...
• RFID investment is at a record level
  Cambridge Network - Cambridge, UK
  The global market for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is quintupling to $27 billion dollars in the next 10 years, with some companies enjoying orders ...
• FTC to study RFID as use becomes more widespread
  SC Magazine US - USA
  Participants will discuss the increased use of RFID technology in credit card purchases and transit systems and by retailers to tag merchandise. ...
• RFID and Fingerprint Scanner Team Up for Olympic Security
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  For the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, visitors to the German House need a special ID card that combines RFID, biometric and other technologies. ...
• New Alliance Picks Secured Digital RFID System for Warehouse in China
  TMCnet - USA
  China has become the world's largest market for radio frequency ID (RFID) by value in 2008, according to Patrick Lim, chairman and CEO of Secured Digital. ...
• Swiss Post Delivers RFID to Its Parcel Centers, Transportation Hubs
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  20, 2008—Swiss Post is rolling out the company's third RFID application—this time a system to track 45000 rolling container cages used to transport mail and ...

News from August 20, 2008

• Japanese RFID phones ready to battle for West
  TechRadar.com - London, UK
  That agency intends working with phone makers to get the Sony-made FeliCa RFID chips into handsets all over the world. When that happens, buying anything ...
• New RFID solution for manufactured concrete industry
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  International Coding Technologies (ICT) has developed a new RFID solution for the concrete industry, which streamlines critical production and inventory ...
• Creepy: The RFID Urn Retrieval System
  Wired News - USA
  When a family member comes to visit, she can use a private RFID card (with coded info expected to be known only to the family and the company) to boost up ...
• The Technology, People and Companies to Watch
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The editors of RFID Journal are working on a magazine cover story that will feature the top people, companies and technologies to watch. ...
• These boots were made for tracking: Nine West tries RFID
  NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USA
  The goal of the pilot program, which will commence in "select" Nine West stores, "will be to study the benefits that item-level RFID provides in the areas ...
• RFID Could Cure Concrete Tracking Woes
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  International Coding Technologies (ICT) is trying to remove the barriers to concrete identification with an RFID system it announced recently. ...
• Online RFID training services offered by OTA Training
  Ferret - Australia
  OTA Training offer online Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) training services to industrial and commercial organisations. ...
• Precast Concrete Manufacturers Use RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  19, 2008—Four manufacturers of precast concrete structures are using an RFID system to track the structures as they are made, inspected, stored and shipped ...
• IDTechEx: RFID Apparel Market to Grow 70% Annually
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Research firm IDTechEx has published a new report on the market for RFID from the apparel sector of the retail industry, putting some numbers to an area of ...
• New Appointment Consolidates SOKYMAT AUTOMOTIVE's RFID Presence in ...
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  Reichshof-Wehnrath, Germany, August 5, 2008 - SOKYMAT AUTOMOTIVE GmbH, a global leader in the development, production and sale of RFID components for ...

News from August 19, 2008

• AppLocation Rolls Out RFID Yard Management for Cable Reels
  PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  The entire project may include up to 50 yards and integrate active and passive RFID on the same platform plus GPS vehicle tracking. ...
• Item-Level RFID: Future Direction - Current Status
  DC Velocity - North Attleboro, MA, USA
  What is the ROI of RFID? Find Out What Kind of Return Your Company Can Expect at the Item-Level RFID Forum. Don't miss Dr. Bill Hardgrave when he presents ...
• Microsoft tracks people with RFID tags
  iT News - Australia
  By Ry Crozier Breeze Consulting is creating one of the largest non-traditional RFID networks assembled in Australia to track certain people movements at ...
• Silverlight animations back Microsoft RFID network
  iT News - Australia
  By Ry Crozier Microsoft is developing cutting-edge motion design visuals in Silverlight for its RFID network at Tech Ed 2008 in Sydney. ...
• Jones Apparel starts retail item-level RFID pilot
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Jones Apparel Group has announced that it has initiated a programme to evaluate RFID technology in select Nine West retail locations. ...
• DHL, METRO announce big RFID retail rollout
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Freight deliverer DHL and European retailer METRO Group have announced they will cooperate to launch France's largest RFID-enabled retail logistics system. ...
• RFID solution prevents counterfeit collectibles
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Prova Group's system uses RFID technology to provide an easily-accessed record of exactly when, for instance, a Jets jersey was inked with the Brett Favre ...
• RFID Rollout With DHL And Metro
  Hell Mail - England, UK
  DHL and METRO Group are starting the first national rollout of radio frequency identification (RFID) in France. Beginning in the Autumn of 2008, ...
• RFID News: RFID Can Transform a Business, Xterprise's Dean Frew ...
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  According to Dean Frew, CEO of Xterprise, an RFID-focused systems integrator and solution provider, the RFID market is a bit behind where he expected it ...
• RFID-enabled Track-and-trace Solution Debuts for Manufactured ...
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  International Coding Technologies (ICT) has developed a wireless RFID solution for the concrete industry that streamlines critical production and inventory ...

News from August 18, 2008

• Rfidium Announces New "Leprechaun" Stock RFID for Box and Pallet ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  Rfidium, the complete design, prototyping and production RFID antenna inlay provider, announced the availability of the "Leprechaun", a new RFID tag ...
• AFCEA International Announces Strategic Partnership with RFID4U
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  The AFCEA Professional Development Center (PDC) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with RFID4U, the world leader in RFID education, ...
• One card will open all doors in 2025
  Times of India - India
  You just pay for the distance you travel - is what IPTS ticketing would be all about and this would be possible with your RFID smart card. ...
• RFID Pallet Tracking and Indoor Vehicle Positioning, Warehouse ...
  Ferret - Australia
  Combining this technology with RFID readers mounted on your forklift load backrests and RFID SSCC labels on pallets will give you a system that not only ...
• P3 Medical Ltd. Wins Contract to Provide Precision Dynamics ...
  Epicos.com (press release) - Switzerland
  Throughout the multi-year contract, P3 will deliver many of PDC's positive patient wristband ID solutions from write-on to bar code to RFID. ...
• The Queens Library System Grows With RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  RFID speeds the checkout process for borrowers, creates new efficiencies for library employees and promises to help the biggest circulating library in the ...
• Retailers Need to Share the Wealth (of Data)
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  At last week's RFID in Fashion event, it was clear that retailers do see a lot of potential benefits to using radio frequency identification technologies to ...
• 'A place for dreaming, not saving'
  Business Line - Chennai, India
  Another deliberate direction being pursued in Hyderabad is in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). "A key piece of information missing in business ...
• Tip - ABCs of RFID: Understanding and Using RFID
  LBS-zone.com (press release) - Frederick, MD, USA
  Get an overview of RFID technology and capabilities, major standards and ways to improve convenience, accuracy, safety and security. RFID offers great value ...
• ';Modify' your PC at Blinque
  Sun.Star - Philippines
  ... secures access to its data by use of wireless technology called RFID (radio frequency identification) -- something out of the sci-fi books. ...

News from August 17, 2008